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Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-07-26
THE EASTERN STORMS.
Disastrous Results to Valuable
PrOpertY.

GREENFIELD, Mass, July 25.-
Never before in its history has Miler's
Falls experienced such damage by
water as was occasioned by Sundays
freshets. Between that town and Ir-
wing, a distance of about six miles,
are twenty-five washouts and eleven
land slides by actual count. During
Sundays violent rain torrent of
water came rushing down the noun
tains east of Fitchburg depot gulley-.
ing badly in short time and bury
ing the depot flat under three feet of
water. Just east of the passenger
station is the freight house. This the
water totally undermined, leav-
ing chasm sixty feet wide
and 2l2 feet deep through the gravelly
soil, passing underneath the side
tracks. Freight and coal cars dropped
into the chasm, and the torrent
rushed down the steep incline to the
river, distance of 200 feet, tearing
gorge 20 feet deep and 80 feet wide
and undermining coal sheds and
shade trees in its passage. South of
the Lake House is another gully fully
10 feet deep and Is feet wide. Sec
tions of earth which are railroad yard
tracks are undermined in places quite
badly and Bridge street is gull
lied so as to be impossible.
The bridges between Miller's Falls
and Irving are all gone and travel by
team is impossible, ON which account
the transfer of passengers cannot be
made. Ewing highway, passing
through the woods near the river, on
the flat, is six feet under water, and
the culvert over the ravine at the
mouth of Miller's river is washed out
twenty-five feet deep, SO that all travel
between Miller's Falls and Northfield's
is cut off. A prominent railroad man
said that if the railroad puts on its
entire force of workmen it will take
nearly two weeks before the road is
anywhere near repaired.
RIVERS RAPIDLY RISING.
DOVER, N. H., July 25.-All the
rivers in this part of the State are
higher now than ever known before
in summer. Freshets in Lampey
river at New Market this morning
carried away large part of the old
dam of the New Market cotton mills
also the foundation of a number of
picker mills. The engines and der
rick employed in constructing the new
dam, were swept away. The Cocheco
river is rising rapidly and the depth
of the water rushing over the dam is
forty-two inches, the highest ever
known in summer.
BRIDGES WASHED AWAY.
GREAT HARRINGTON. Mass, July 25.
The greatest damage by the storm
was in the valleys of Green and Black
Grocery rivers, the major portion Of
the flood passiN~ down the latter river
and causing greater destruction on the
New York side. Hillsdale was the
first victim of the overflow. Bridge
after bridge was cast from the founda-
tions. Twenty-three have been des-
troyed, and the total loss is esti1aated
to be over 100000.
RAILROAD wAsHoUT
PoRT JERvIs, N. Y, July Pa
washout occurred on the Erie road
two miles east of Coshocton last night,
off the track just as train |
loaded with cheese was passing. The |
engine and several cars passed safely, |
but twenty-one cars of cheese wont |
down the bank and were totally |
Travel was delayed ten
Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-07-26
Inxtantiy Killed,

NEVADA CRY, July Pa China
man employed in Spanish mine near
Washington WAS killed yesterday by
falling down an air shaft 900 feet.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-07-26
Refuse Assistance.

SMLA, July 25.-Traders who are
located at Thuznee have refused to aid
the Ameer Of Afghanistan in Suppress
ing the revolt against his authority.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-07-26
BOYER Dead.

SANTA Cruz, July 25.-Frank j.
Boyer, the young Englishman who
accidentally shot himself yesterday,
died at ten minutes past nine this
evening.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-07-26
FOREIGN NEWS.
Leo Announces the Policy
of the Holy See.
PEACE AND CANCELLATION.
A Disastrous and Severe Earth
quake Visits the Republic
of Ecuador.
Associated Press Dispatches to the HERALD.y

Associated Press Dispatches to the HERALD.y
ROME, July 25.-Le Moniteur pub
fishes the text of letter addressed
by the Pope to Cardinal Rampolla ON
June 5th, when the latter assumed
the functions of Pontifical Secretary
Of State. In this letter the Pope ex-
plains fully the principles which he
has followed in the government of the
church.
He declares that he took upon him
self the mission to reconcile the Pope
and Government and the uncivilized
States, referring the first to Italy.
The Pope's ideas were expounded in
the consistory allocution of May 23d,
when he laid down as a basis of paci-
fication with Italy the acknowledge
ment of the independence. of the
Holy See. He reiterates his claims
to territorial sovereignty as an indis-
pensable condition of settlement, all
other schemes, he says, being un-
worthy of consideration.
Adverting next to Austria, the Pope
says that the piety of the Emperor
and the devotion of the imperial fam
lily to the Holy See have rendered the
best possible mutual relations, and
the wise statesmen enjoying the conf
dence OF the Emperor have promoted
religion in Austro- Hungary and the
establishment of perfect concord.
France, the elder daughter of the
church, was mentioned as a source of
many evils by the Pope, who trusted
that these evils would be dispelled
through the observance of the letter
and the spirit Of the facts solemnly
concluded with the church.
Turning to Spain, the Pope says
that one OF the first needs is Il union
Of the Catholics in defense of their re-
ligiOn, in devotion to the Holy See
and in reciprocal charity, 80 that
Spain may not be misguided by per-
sonal aims.
Regarding Prussia, the Pontiff says
that it is necessary to continue the
work of religious peacemaking to its
full achievement.
The Pope concluded with refer
ence to fostering the missions as a
means OF leading back to the church
her separated people.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-05-06
lie Didn't Know Of Palatka.

lht tksonNlllc News
But the shameful misstatement does
not stop here Any one who has visited
Florida knows that there IN such place
IN Palatka known as the Putnam House.
Why, when Mr.. Barron closed his doors
short time ago il was said that during
the season the Putnam House
had accommodated : 900 people yet with
all this the local contemporary in its re-
cent article passes this hotel by. But
what is still worse. Ii might be said that
th" great and only editor Of the journal
If that name did not know Of the exist
once of a hotel 10y that name. But is this
possible, No. not 10y any means. for the
great and only editor has been the guest
Of this house. He has supped at MIR.
Barron's table. has rested serenely in the
chambers of the popular house and has
conversed with the congenial proprie-
tor. When was thisy Why not long ago
II was when party went from this city
10 take part in the opening Of the rail
road al New smyrna, The very same
night that 2s3 names were found on the
register and when, almost In the pres.
encr Of this editor. people were turned
away from the Putnam House and sent
10 the Saratoga Hotel, another place tho
cdltor missed in looking for his missing
tourists.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-05-06
The Devils Code at Stockholm.
Pall Mall Galette.


The Royal Library AT Stockholm con-
talns remarkable literary curiosity
called the Devils Code which IL said To
y" III" largest manuscript in the world.
Every letter of this gigantic piece of
work j. ~ beautifully formed as IL il
were minutely and carefully drawn, and
II seems almost impossible that il should
have been done by single human being.
The Devils Code was brought 10 Sweden
from Prague after the Thirty Years
War, and the DcHfsche HdHsfrdHen Zei-
f"ag tells the following story of its or
igin: \ poor monk who had been con-
dcmned To death was told that his sen
irnce would bc cOmmuted IL he were
able to copy the whole code in a single
night Relying on the impossibility Of
the task, his Judges furnished him with
III" original. pen and ink and left him i'm
his well barred prison. A drowning
man catches al a straw to save himself,
and the unfortunate monk began to try
his last impossible task with the vain
hope of accomplishing IL. Before long,
however. hc saw that he could not save
hi, life by his own weak exertions.
Afraid Of q cruel and certain death, and
perhaps doubting1he promise of bet
ter life hereafter, lac invoked the aid of
the Primo" of Darkness, promising 10 sur
render his soul If lac was assisted in his
task. The dark spirit appeared as soon
as lac was called. concluded the contract,
sat down lik" any copying clerk, and
next morning the Devils Code was fin
ished
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-05-06
THE WESTERN EARTHoAkE.
4 New M.NisO Town shattered That No
Cano "a Forest Fire.

4 New M.Nieo Town shattered That Vol
Cano "a Forest Fire.
FL PASO. Ten. Nav j.-Bc7ides the
big shock at BID y. m. Tuesday. there i
ample testimony that at least four other
shocks have been felt one at about II .0n
a. m. Tuesday. and one about 900 p. IN.
OntSat $50. last evening. was felt very
distinctly 10y persons ON the second finuTs
uf buildings. and ga fixtures and other
movable things We're seen tp sway. The
shock seemed to be- of four or five sec
onde duration. Many persons say there
was also a shock between eight and min"
O'Clock, Tuesday night.
The shock Tuesday afternoon WAS
a heavy one said United State, Signal
Officer Twaddle. 1t would have been
called heavy even on the Pacific coast
where, light shocks are frequent. Such
shocks aS that experienced here Tuesday
are not felt on the Pacific coast "ftener
than once in fifteen or twenty years.
The general opinion seems To h" that
the shock will lead To the erection of
more substantial buildings and perhaps
prevent the construction at buildings
over two stories high.
ALBUQt ERQUE. Y. NJ. MAY This
place seem. 10 have been on tin, extreme
northeast extremity of the carthquake
wave. which had nearly spent its force
before reaching here. The >hockS at
SabinaI. about forty miles south of here.
were more severe than here. Two
trenors were felt. both in a northeast
and northwest direction. The first oc-
CURED at 3 O'Clock Tuesday after
noon. producing a slight oscillation.
Then came pause of nearly a minute
during which an ominnuS something
in the atmosphere added a sensation of
SufTocatiOn Ia the feeling of awful sus-
pense. This Wa, broken by the terrible.
vibration which created the utmost con
sternation among the inhabitants. The
people rushed pr-ciPitately into the
streets. i'm numerous cases only in time
Ia save their lives from the lettering
buildings.
Sabinal Is out OF the relics Of New
Mexican antiquity and the dwellings of
the natives are 80 weakened 10y age as 10
fall an easy prey IL an earthquake. \
number of them Were leVeled To the
ground and the damage. although not
great in the value Of the buildings and
| household goods destroyed. will prove a
serious loss to the poor fBmilies Whose
houses were ruined.
The Board of County Commissioners
| was in session at the time of the shock
! The officers and county fathers did not
| take time To 20 out of the building by
! the door but got out through the win
| dows. Sheriff Russell was one Of the
/ few who started 10 90 out by the door.
/ but was so affe erted by the shock that he
requiresI assistance or he would have
{ fallen.
| BENSON. ARIZONA. May 5.-The fol-
| lowing telegram has just been received
I from Fort Huchuca a party Just re-
I turned from the MILESTONE mountains
reports that the supposed volcano there
has turned out To be a wood fire started
| by Mexicans.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-05-06
CANNOT MEET THE DEMAND.
hirsinia's Committee ON the Demand al
the Foreign BondhoIder-.


RICHMOND. Va, May THE legisla-
tive representatives ON the debt commits
sion. to-day. submitted a preliminary re
port Ia the General Assembly of the
progress of negotiations. Various con
f"rences were held that developed the
fact that the council of foreign bond
holders influence a ma jority of the con
sol and ten-forty bonds of Virginia and
that any agreement made with their
commissioners will be accepted 10y the
bondholders and thus forever settle the
debt question. No agreement has vet
been arrived at. because the demands of
the English commissioners were such
that they could not h." considered.
the amount required To meet them
being greatly i'm excess of the
net revenues of the State and
the committee felt compelled To make
formal declaration that upon the basis
demanded by the English commissioners
it would he improper for the present ne
gotiation tO proceed further. The
foreign representatives asked for time to
communicate 10y cable with their princi-
pals for further instructions i'm the prem
ises. This was granted and the com
mission ad journed until Saturday.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-05-06
PRAYERS FOR THE PRESIDENT.

IN int"fJeetion That Astonished the
Episcopsiians at AiN la Chsp.IIe.
/ Washington Letter 20 the New York World
\ characteristic story is told at the ex.
penseof Henry +. Merritt whom the Pres
ident nominated few days ago 10 be
Consul al Chemnltz, SaXony. Mr.. Mer-
ritt has been for the past eighteen
months Consul AT AK la Chapelle. The
the sunday following his arrival in AK
Mr.. Merritt attended religious services
Al little English chapel where the rec
Tor, with great earnestness, invoked di-
vine blessings upon Queen Victoria, Al
bert. King William Of Germany, the
Crown Prince. and all others i'm author
itV
Mr. Merritt. who IL "A very patriotic
American and staunch Cleveland man.
could not understand why the President
oi the Onii"d States should not be i'm
cludrd an the invocation. At the first
opportunity he 50 notified the clergyman.
The latter promised Ia think about il:
hut when ia" next Sunday came around
thrr" was nu change in the programme.
and th" President nf the United States
was not referred 10. even by implica-
tlun. This was more than the American
could stand, and he accordingly sprang
from has seat with great ceremony and
-talkcd haughtly out the church. When
he neNt met the rector that gentleman
inquired the cause Of his sudden depart
uro from church the previous Sunday.
Mr. MERRITT informed him that he was
disappointed al his refusal To pray for
the chief Magistrate of his country, and
that b" would not attend services again
untll this WAS done. After some good
natured chatting on both sides the cler-
gyman agreed 10 comply with Mr.. Mer-
rltt's request
heneNt sunday MIR. Merritt, with a
Nmll" Of conscientious triumph advanced
io iront seat and awaited develop
m"nts. When the reading of the prayer
began and the usual form was gone
through the minister hesitated for a mo-
meni and then, looking in the direction
al Mf Merritts pew, added solemnly
,and We also respectfully invoke the
lhNin" blessing upon Thy servant the
President of the United States" The
congregation was 50 astonished at this
unlocked for interlection that they for
got Tor the instant Ia follow with the re-
>ponSe; hut not 50 with Merritt whose
deep bass voice broke the silence with
w" bes"ech Thee 20 hear us, good
Lord, in a tone 50 earnest, and, withal,
so triumphant that the surprised con-
gregation realized al last the cause of his
sudden Indignation the week before and
fell to laughing so heartily that the cler-
gyman was obliged Ia suspend his read
ing until quiet had been restored.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-05-06
BIRMINGHAM COOPERATION
Expen>iy. Iron Works ON the Profit ~bar
ing Plan Proposed

ing Plan Proposed.
BIRNINGHAN. ALA. NAV J.-At the
annual meeting of the stockholders of
the Elyton Land Company, to-day. a
resolution was unanimously adopted that
the directors H. authorized To- eXpend
one million dollars I'm the erection of a
rolling mill and such other manufactur-
ing enterprises a. in their Judgment may
h. expsdient.
The companys new enterprise will all
be on the cooperative plan. All the
profits above a reasonable rate Of in
terest on the capital invested are to he
divided annually among the employees
The money will be spent in erecting a
rolling mill. steve foundry. locomotive
works and buildings for other smaller
industries. The President : report show ell
that the company asS.-ts are SlJ-ocD,-
on. and that last years sales amounted
to 81 80. go. The original investment
and capital stock were only 100000.
During the year 81 800 600 in cash divi-
dends have been paid To the stockholders.
The Sloss Steel and Iron Company to-day
closed the contract for the erection in
North Birmingham of two l2J-tOn iron
furnaces To be located on the property
bought from the Coalburg Coal and Iron
Company at North Birmingham. The
furnaces are To cost Il, 100000 Five
hundred coke ovens are also To be erected.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-05-06
AGAINST GERMANY.
Demonstration i'm Paris.
Asserted b, the Enslish Press but Denied In France
Proprietor OF Ia Re'anehe' to be Prose.
euted The Privilege Debate

LONDON, May 5.-Anti-German demon
strations continue to be- made in vari-
Gus sections Of Paris. \ procession ear
rying "A banner Inscribed To Berlin
marched L. the palace Of the El,,ce. the
Residence of President CREW. whore II
was dispersed by the police. Twelve nf
the persons who took prominent paris m
this demonstration wrr, arrested
The TtiegraIh Describes the auu-,ier-
man demonstration in Paris. last Tues
day evening. a, serious. II saws the mob
in the neighborhood of the Eden Th,atrr
where Wagner Lohongrin was being
performed shouted "A ha- l. FAllcgmagrr.
down with,Germany.1 "yi,c Ia France. "
"A Berlin lon Ia Bcrlnl "a ha, Bis
marck" clown with Bismarck. "Gi,r n
back .."ur clocks" tR,frrring to Stra-
burg
Last evening the demonstrations were
renewed. The mob. composed of stu
dents and gamins. marched about shout
ing. They halted in front nf the Army
and Navy Club. and there cried nut /:
"Nive lArmee Francai~." rNirr Bm-
langer. "A Berlin Another mnhwant
la the building occupied 10y "a" Russian
Ambassy shouting: "Nivc In France.
"Nive Ia Russio" ..Ni," fNllainrr
Russo Francaise
The leaders Of this mob then proposed
Ia their followers Ia march to the Ger
man Embassy. The mob proceeded in
the direction of the Plac" de Ia Concorie.
singing the air "Lampion-' Ia the words
of the Nos Pendules" 90 clocks, bul
it was stopped by the police and turned
away before il could reach the German
Embassy. The mob then returned Ia the
Place he L'Opera and there gradually dis
persed.
The manager of Eden Th"atrr ha~ de-
cided Ia suspend the performance of
''Lohengrin" and of other productions of
Wagner in that plar" of amusement
PARIS. MAY 1T j. semi-oflicnlly an
nounced. this afternoon. that the reports
circulated in London of an alleged anti
German demonstration. Yesterday, in
the Champs Ely-ees here are without
foundation in fact. II il declared that no
occurrence as that described took place
at all anyw here in Pari-. which was
calm and undisturbed throughout all the
day and evening. The only arrests made
were those of twelve persons taken into
custody during the evening for rioting
in the place dc L'Opcra. No fag in
scribed. To Berlin was seen in amy
place in Paris on the evening. a~ related
in London.
Government has decided to pro-ocut"
the publishers of the paper l." H"rdHch"
for publishing an article "ntitlcd Down
with Germany" and calculated "a oarouse
worlike feeling among TIA" French peo-
pie against Germany. Th" publishers
have been summoned To- appear before
the Tribunal of Justice. Wednesday
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-05-06
THE DEAD LOCk BROKEN.
udge &. y. Faulkner Elected "A nited


Judge &. y. Faulkner Elected "A United
states senator.
CHARLESTON, W. VA. May 5.-The
Senate and lower House met in joint
assembly at noon to-day for the purpose
of electing a United States Senator.
There were 50 members present; 10 were
required to elect The vote resulted as
follows: 4. j. Faulkner. DEM. r.;
Flick, Rep. 81; Barbee. tGreenhack'. d;
Camden, DEM. /: r. y Brown |;
Whitaker. y Faulkner was declared
elected.
Judge Faulkner L. a son of the late
Charles James Faulkner. who repre-
sented Virginia and West Virginia in the
Congress of the United States before the
late war and served as Ministerto France
under the administration of Buchanan.
The Senator was born in Martinshurg-
w. Va, where he now resides, and i
about forty years old. He is by profes-
sion a lawyer and is Judge of the Thir-
teenth Judicial Circuit. He is considered
one of the abIest judges in the State and
is universally popular.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-05-06
MAINE AND TEXASCOMPARED.
GOV. Ross Expressed Himself on the sub
ieet of Prohibition.

FORT WORTH. TEX. NAV 5.-dioyer-
nor Ross Is ont in a letter in reply To the
Anti-Prohibitiun Central Committee ask
ing him Ia L. present at their State Con
vention at Dallas. The Governor Is una
ble To be present hut declares his intsn-
tion to vote against the proposed prohi-
bltlon amendment. which he declares TO
l'e impolitic- unwise and.against the gen
ius of free institution. He finds the
present laws adequate Ia protect public
liberty and private rights and SAWS Texas
challenges comparison. as "A people with
those States where prohibition has long
obtained and Texas has larger number
churches. larger sums of money devoted
{" educational PURPOSES. more dwellings
and wealth according To the population
and fewer criminals than Maine The
Governor says divorce, and crimes
against chastity are greater in Maine
than here and while they have be..n en-
ergetic in endeavors To- relieve them
selves Of the burden of the oppressed
poor by repelling them as rapidly as
pnssible from their borders and driving
them out of their boundaries as wander
err and outcasts. still they have a
greater number of paupers than
Texas, whil, the evidence of dis
content. in strikes. mobS. unions
and conventions against employers at
test al once Ia the misery and discomfort
of labor among them. The towns of
Maine are stationary and her villages
almost everywhere proclaim the progress
ot general decline.
The Governor says the States which
have adopted prohibition laws have sim
ply been robbed of their legitimate rev
enue. Liquor should not be driven from
public traffic when il may be fully regu-
lated hy law. Ii would only force il To
become a secret TRAFFIC and deplete the
States yearly revenues Ia the amount of
81 .0t0. .OOo.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-05-06
NOT ADVERSE TO SECTION FOUR.
~ittings of the Interstate Commerce
Commis.ion at Memphi..


MEMPHIS. Tenn, MAY 5.-The Inter
State Commerce Commission concluded
lis labors to-day. after hearing evidence
from the merchants Of Memphis. Louis
vile, Lexington. Little Rock and New
port. Ark. To the effect that the enforce
ment of the fourth section would liz dis
astrous to commerce and industries at
the points named.
The Louisville and Nashville. North
Carolina and St Louis and Chesapeake
and Ohio Southwestern Railways, were
granted two weeks time la file argu-
ments and statistical information in sup
port of their petition for a temporary slls-
pension of Section Four.
Representatives of the river interests
We're i'm attendance. and asked leave Ia
present their ease i'm writing, which was
granted. The opinion prevails that the
testimony taken here has not impressed
the Commission adversely to Section
Four
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-05-06
DIDN'T Know 1T WAS LOADED,
Four Bows Killed by the Accidental Dis
charge of "a Tuoele>s Gun.

WILMINGTON. y. c.. May . This
morning six negro boys. thirteen to
seventeen years old. We're at the wharf
of the Wilmington Compress preparing
to go across Cape Fear River 10 shoot
rice birds. One named Grant Best had
borrowed double barrelled gun from \
negro man, which he says had no caps
or tubes, and he did not know it was
loaded. While in the act of blowing out
one of the tubes the hammer fell and one
barrel was discharged. killing instantly
Ed. Smith, and r. Fillyaw. Ben Conoly
and Ed Fillyaw We're also shot and died
soon after. Another boy named George
Best was wounded in both arms. but il
is likely he will recover.
Grant Best surrendered himself inn
mediately after the shooting. and claims
it was accidental, which is generally be-
lieved, As one of the wounded BOYS is his
brother.